Education

01/2007 – 07/2010 - Doctorate program at Yerevan State Linguistic University:

Doctorate Thesis “William Saroyan’s Phenomenon within the Context of Intercultural Discourse” (cognitive approach):

- Literary communication as a part of intercultural communication and a type of intercultural discourse;
- Cognitive aspect of intercultural communication and writer’s individual style;
- William Saroyan’s personality as a unity of two cultures and two languages;
- Cognitive structure of William Saroyan’s short stories, a cross-cultural discourse analysis;
- Duality concept as the chief cognitive concept in William Saroyan’s literary heritage.

02/2007 – 03/2007 - The International Visitor Program, US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs:

Main Focus:

- Innovative Methods of Higher Education Management
- Credit System Functioning
- Quality Assurance Mechanism

03/1987 - 07/1987 - Didsbury College, Manchester University, UK, A Refresher Course of the English language and British Studies

12/1980 - 12/1983 - Post-graduate course at State Institute of Foreign Languages, Moscow, PhD Thesis: “Linguistic Peculiarities of W. Faulkner’s novels within the Aspect of Communicative Stylistics”

- W. Faulkner’s literary heritage within the frames of XX century Modernist Literature;
- “Stream of Consciousness” as a certain type of discourse; linguistic and stylistic peculiarities of “Stream of Consciousness” in W. Faulkner’s novels;
- Semantic potential of the language media and compositional structure of W. Faulkner’s novels; interrelation and interdependence of the categories of modality, cohesion and integrity.

09/1977-09/1979 - Scientific Research Course at State Institute of Foreign Languages, Moscow

09/1972 - 06/1977 - Yerevan State Institute of Foreign Languages, Faculty of the English Language

Qualifications

04/2012 - Professor awarded by YSLU after V. Brusov

07/2010 - Doctor of Philology awarded by Yerevan State University

03/1993 - Associate Professor awarded by YSLU after V. Brusov

09/1984 -PhD awarded by State Institute of Foreign Languages in Moscow

Awards

06/2014 - Medal "For Friendship and Cooperation", MFA of the Russian Federation, Rossotrudnichestvo

01/2014 - Medal "Garegin Nzhdeh", Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia

12/2013 - Certificate of Honor of the International Association for Human Rights, Politics and Humanitarian Issues

11/2012 - Certificate of Honor of the Russian Embassy in Armenia

11/2005 - Certificate of Honor from the RA President for Contribution to RA Education Progress

05/2003 - Certificate of Honor from the RA Minister of Education and Science for Active Participation in Organizing Diaspora Students’ Festivals on Science, Culture and Sports

03/2003 - Certificate of Honor from The RA Minister of Education and Science for Contribution to RA Education Progress

03/1999 - Certificate of Honor from the RA Minister of Education and Science for Contribution to RA Education Progress

08/1998 - Woman of the Year of 1998, ABI (American Biographical Institute)

Memberships

02/2022/present - Advisory Board member of International Scientific Journal, Translation Studies: Theory and Practice

02/2021/present - Advisory Board member of Bulletin of Brusov State University

11/2009/ – 12/2012 - Expert at National Center for Professional Education Quality Assurance Foundation

05/2007 – 12/2008 - Member of the RA Ministry of Education and Science Council on developing post-graduate education (doctorate course) in Armenia

12/2006 – 12/2008 - Head of the RA Ministry of Education and Science Council on Developing Three-Step System of Education in Armenia

12/2006 – 12/2008 - Member of The Committee on Credit System Development and Integration at the RA Ministry of Education and Science

11/2006 – 12/2015 - RA Ministry of Education and Science Council on Secondary School and University Curricula and Textbooks Development (English)

09/2003/present - Vice-President of AASE (Member Association of the European Society for the Study of English, Armenian Branch)

02/2002 – 02/2006 - EU Tempus Academic Expert for JEP

05/1999 – 02/2001 - Member of American Biographical Institute Governing Board of Editors

05/1995 – 02/2021 - A board member of RA Specialized Research Council of Germanic Languages

01/1995 – 01/2000 - Member of RA University Women Association

Projects

02/1999 – 12/1999 - English for International Tourism, Eurasia Foundation, Project Director

09/1997 – 09/1999 - Vocational Education Training, TEMPUS/TACIS, National Coordinator

02/2002 – 12/2002 - New Concept of Standardization and Internationalization of Higher Professional Education, Open Society Institute – Assistance Foundation, Project Director

11/2003 – 11/2006 - Writing for Democracy and Market Economy, University, USA, Foreign Project Director

11/2005 – 05/2006 -International Journalism: A New Department, New Perspectives, Open Society Institute – Assistance Foundation, Project Director

02/2006 – 05/2007 - International Journalism for MA Degree, Press Now, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Project Director

Publications

103 publications: articles in national and international journals, secondary school textbooks and teacher’s books, university manuals, scientific researches

Supervising dissertations

2000/present - 15 postgraduates in RA and in the Republic of Kazakhstan, ATTN: LIST OF PUBLICATION IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST